SHAUNDA PILGRIM
INSTRUCTOR
Apt B, Clapham Heights
Summary
I am dedicated to seeking a position within an organization that offers the opportunity to effectively showcase my skills and knowledge while simultaneously facilitating my professional development as a dynamic educator with a profound passion for horticulture, agriculture, and innovative pedagogical approaches. I have achieved notable success at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology, where I enhanced student engagement and fostered creativity. My collaborative methodology and expertise in project-based learning contributed to creating a vibrant educational environment, empowering students to recognize the importance of their academic and practical pursuits.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Part-time Instructor
Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology
10.2021 - 05.2025
- Promoted a positive learning environment by establishing clear expectations and consistent classroom management techniques. It increased student motivation by developing engaging lesson plans catering to various learning styles to improve intellectual creativity.
Landscaping Instructor - Project Dawn 2.0
Distance and Continuing Education Office
01.2025 - 04.2025
- Developed and implemented lessons, providing feedback to enhance student comprehension while assessing their progress and identifying challenges faced by struggling learners. Increased student engagement through interactive lectures and assignments, while adjusting lesson plans to focus on student-centered learning.
Landscaping Instructor-BCGTI
Distance and Continuing Education Office
07.2024 - 08.2024
- Improved student critical thinking skills through problem-based learning activities while enhancing learning outcomes by adapting teaching methods to meet diverse learning styles and increasing student participation through engaging lectures and assignments.
N/CVQ TRAINER – General Poultry Production IICA Youth Farm Summer Program
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
07.2023 - 08.2023
- Planning and implementing lessons, providing feedback, and collaborating with students to help them understand the relevance and importance of the subject are crucial steps towards improving their intellectual creativity.
Landscaping Instructor- BCGTI
Distance and Continuing Education Office
11.2022 - 04.2023
- Implemented new learning strategies to address instructional gaps and improve comprehension skills, while fostering classroom collaboration through group projects and team-building activities.
Youth Farm Field Demonstrator
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
05.2020 - 07.2020
- Supervise and organize student teams during their daily tasks and field trips, procure equipment, and record information, including photography and videography, to produce regular progress reports. Support the N/CVQ Coordinator, trainers, assessors, and candidates.
Youth Farm Field Demonstrator
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Overseeing and coordinating student groups with their daily responsibilities and field excursions, sourcing necessary equipment, and documenting information through photography and videography to create routine progress updates. Assist the N/CVQ Coordinator, trainers, assessors, and participants.
Youth Farm Field Demonstrator
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
06.2016 - 08.2016
- In this role, responsibilities include supervising and organizing student teams as they carry out daily tasks and participate in field trips. This entails procuring necessary equipment and documenting activities through photography and videography to generate regular progress reports. Additionally, there will be support provided to the N/CVQ Coordinator, trainers, assessors, and candidates throughout the process.
Youth Farm Field Demonstrator
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
06.2015 - 08.2015
- Supervising and organising student teams on their daily task and field trips, procuring equipment, and recording information including photography and videography to produce regular progress reports. Support the N/CVQ Coordinator, trainers, assessors, and candidates.
Youth Farm Field Demonstrator
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
06.2014 - 08.2014
- Supervising and organising student teams on their daily task and field trips, procuring equipment, and recording information including photography and videography to produce regular progress reports. Support the N/CVQ Coordinator, trainers, assessors, and candidates.
Marketing Manager
NRS Fruits and Vegetables
01.2000 - 01.2014
- Planning, planting, and production of a wide variety of vegetable crops. Telemarketing, sale, and distribution of produce.
Internship - Job Attachment- 3 Semester
Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology
09.2012 - 12.2012
- Farm Technician, Guinea Poultry Farm - Assist in the cleaning, feeding and general care of broilers.
- Farm Technician, Greenland Livestock Research Station - Assist in the daily clean up, feeding and general care of sheep and goats.
- Assistant Lab Technician, Ministry of Agriculture, Tissue Culture Laboratory - Propagation of tissue culture plants in a controlled environment.
- Farm Technician, Pig farm, Vault Road, Welchman Hall, St. Thomas - Assist in the daily routine of cleaning, feeding and general care of pigs.
- Farm Technician, Greenhouse production, Shikinah Farms, Kirtons #3, St. Philip. - Production, harvesting and handling of sweet peppers in modern technical facilities.
Farmer
Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology
05.2012 - 09.2012
- Management of 1½ acre agricultural land. Planning, planting, production, and sale of a wide variety of vegetable crops.
Farm technician
CARDI
12.2011 - 12.2011
- Maintaining farm operations while ensuring adherence to safety protocols and best practices..
Education
Diploma - Education
Barbados Community College
Howells Road, Bridgetown, Saint Michael Barbados11-2025
Bachelor of Science - Agriculture
UWI St. Augustine Campus Trinidad
Trinidad And Tobago01.2022
Associate of Applied Science - Agriculture
Barbados Community College
Howells Road, Bridgetown, Saint Michael Barbados01.2018
Certificate - English, Mathematics, Biology
CSEC, Caribbean Examination Council
Prince Road Pine Plantation Road, Saint Michael01.2017
Certificate - CVQ In Agro-Processing (Level 1)
Technical Education Vocational Training Board
St Pauls Ave, Bridgetown, Saint Michael Barbados01.2016
Diploma - Agriculture
Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology
Errol Barrow Hwy, Bridgetown, Saint Michael Barbad01.2013
Skills
- Technology-integrated instruction
- Project-based learning implementation
- Precision agriculture
- Strong communication skills
- Class instruction
- Expertise in subject matter
- Creative problem solving
- Materials preparation
- Adaptable teaching approach
- Technology integration
- Assignment grading
- Adult learning
Certification
- Hydroponics Production MASTERCLASS – 2025-06
- Beginner's Beekeeping - 2025-02
- Composting - 2024-11
- Strategic agribusiness management - 2024-11
- Principles of vermiculture - 2024-10
- Fruit processing and manufacturing - 2024-10
- Tea making - 2024-08
- Starting my Green Enterprise - 2024-08
- Emergency First Response - 2023-07
References
John, Vaughn,
Retired,
Mobile:1-246-821-6989,
Lakes, St. Andrew
Mr Roydon Richards
Officer in Charge
Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology
Work:1-246-535-2335
Mobile:1-246- 8507032
Awards
Appreciation Award – 2014, Appreciation Award - 2010, Nominated for National Youth Award – 2008, Batik Art - Silver and Bronze NIFCA – 2008, Art Alive - Most Outstanding Student – 2008, Batik Art - Most Outstanding Student – 2007
Training
- May 14th, 2025 - Food security: 25% by 2030—the case for Barbados, IICA Delegation in Barbados, Suites B1 & B2, Building 1, Manor Lodge Business Complex, Lodge Hill, St. Michael, Barbados
- April 25, 2024 - Developing Food Safety Plans to Enhance Competitiveness: Session 2, The International Food Science Center, Newton, Christ Church
- August 18, 2023 - Successful Teaching Strategies and Technology Integration, Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology, Wildey, St. Michael, Barbados W.I.
- 30 July 2020 - Understanding Disaster Risk Financing, CCRIF Parametric Insurance Policies, and the Relationship with Fiscal and Economic Policy, The University of the West Indies, Open Campus and CCRIF SPC
- 10 November 2017 - Onion Post-Harvest Technologies Workshop, World University Service of Canada (WUSC), Entraide universitaire mondiale du Canada (EUMC), Lewis Tower, 3rd Floor, Rockley, Christ Church, Barbados
- 12 April 2013 - Feeds And Feeding of Pigs and Poultry, Eastern Caribbean Feeds Ltd., Accra Beach Resort
- 9 February 2013 - “Renewable Energy from and for Agriculture”, The Barbados Society of Technologists in Agriculture, Barbados Yacht Club
- 2012 - Sugarcane production, The Barbados Society of Technologists in Agriculture, Barbados Yacht Club
- 2012 - Exportation of processed produce, BIDC, Small Business Development Seminar, Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Center
- 2012 - Crop Protection, Agrochem, Ministry of Agriculture, Graeme Hall
- 2012 - Construction of shade hoop structures, BADMC, Fairy Valley, Christ Church
Hobbies
Agro-processing, intellectual reading and literacy, culinary arts, illustration, pastry making, textile art, literary arts, sewing and jewelry making.
Timeline
Landscaping Instructor - Project Dawn 2.0
Distance and Continuing Education Office
01.2025 - 04.2025
Landscaping Instructor-BCGTI
Distance and Continuing Education Office
07.2024 - 08.2024
N/CVQ TRAINER – General Poultry Production IICA Youth Farm Summer Program
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
07.2023 - 08.2023
Landscaping Instructor- BCGTI
Distance and Continuing Education Office
11.2022 - 04.2023
Part-time Instructor
Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology
10.2021 - 05.2025
Youth Farm Field Demonstrator
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
05.2020 - 07.2020
Youth Farm Field Demonstrator
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
06.2018 - 08.2018
Youth Farm Field Demonstrator
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
06.2016 - 08.2016
Youth Farm Field Demonstrator
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
06.2015 - 08.2015
Youth Farm Field Demonstrator
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
06.2014 - 08.2014
Internship - Job Attachment- 3 Semester
Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology
09.2012 - 12.2012
Farmer
Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology
05.2012 - 09.2012
Farm technician
CARDI
12.2011 - 12.2011
Marketing Manager
NRS Fruits and Vegetables
01.2000 - 01.2014
Diploma - Education
Barbados Community College
Bachelor of Science - Agriculture
UWI St. Augustine Campus Trinidad
Associate of Applied Science - Agriculture
Barbados Community College
Certificate - English, Mathematics, Biology
CSEC, Caribbean Examination Council
Certificate - CVQ In Agro-Processing (Level 1)
Technical Education Vocational Training Board
Diploma - Agriculture
Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology
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